Showing posts with label LIghts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LIghts. Show all posts
April 12, 2024
October 26, 2023
September 10, 2023
January 23, 2023
January 12, 2023
December 15, 2022
Tent on Beach
December 1, 2022
Light Pole @Capitol
June 23, 2022
Nalgene Bottle Lights
May 16, 2021
December 23, 2020
Turn On The Donut Light
January 1, 2020
Holiday SHOULD BE Giving To Children's Hospital
While it gets your attention (who sees three pink bears lite up on the street at night?), asking people with a small impersonal sign on the floor to remember to login and make the donation later isn't very effective.
People act on the spot, especially when it's an emotional appeal for charity for sick children that need help.
The children deserve for there to be a way for would be donors to actually give on the spot--where they can swipe or tap their credit card, write a check, or drop some money in for giving.
Later, later, later...and unfortunately, it may never happen for the Children.
Come on--it's the new roaring 2020s--we can create some urgency and convenience and do better than this! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 19, 2019
Holiday Earrings With Pizazz
November 18, 2018
December 29, 2017
When The Wires Get Crossed
I'm sitting toward the front of the plane...more room, that's good.
But there are a bunch of families with small children and babies...and that ends up being bad.
The flight attendants bring out this contraption to hook up a crib device to a front wall of the plane for the parents to put the baby in to sleep.
But there ends up being one small problem.
The overhead lights are seriously messed up.
This passenger with the baby tries to use his button next to his seat to turn the bright reading lights off--this is like row 10 or something.
But when he hits the lights off button--instead the lights go off in row 22.
And they stay on in his row keeping his baby awake and crying virtually the whole flight.
The stewardesses are going crazy trying to figure out where the "wires got crossed" here.
When they go to row 22 and ask them to turn off their lights--thinking maybe that will turn off the lights in row 10 that is keeping the baby up and crying--but instead that turns off the lights further in the back of the plane in row 30-something.
This was a really bad comedy going on this plane.
The baby keeps crying and crying.
The stewardesses keep running around trying to figure out how to get the lights working where they are supposed to be working.
And the parents are frustrated as hell trying to calm the baby and get some rest on this lengthy, cross-ocean flight.
Needless-to-say, all the other passengers trying to get some rest weren't thrilled at this ridiculousness going on.
The plane got us home, but the electrical system didn't inspire any confidence and kept the baby (and us) up almost the entire flight.
When you think that this was just the lights--oh boy!
Because what if the wires had gotten crossed between something important like the accelerator and the brake instead? ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 16, 2014
Happy Hanukkah
Hanukkah is the holiday of lights and miracles.
It has special meaning for me as it was many years ago now on the first night of Hanukkah that I went on my first date with my lovely wife, Dannielle.
When I came home, I said to my parents, "This is the one!"
And so it began...
On another note, many of you are probably aware of the famous miracle of Hanukkah that in the ruins of the Jewish Temple, which had been desecrated by the Greeks more than 2,000 years ago, a single vial of oil was found, and although it would normally only last for 1 day to keep the menorah lit, instead it lasted for 8 days (the time it took to prepare a new supply).
Apparently, the oil supply shocks of the 1970's really weren't that new a phenomenon after all...
Similarly, I recently saw a funny comic that said that the miracle of Hanukkah today is that the smartphone battery that normally last 1 day (or less if you use it a lot during the day) lasts for 8 days.
Clearly, the miracles of ancient times are still fresh with us in modern times as well. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 21, 2014
Shout It From The Rooftops
December 28, 2013
Rock The House
Alright, this Jewish kid from the Bronx is not the biggest club guy.
But, we had a special event at the Light Club in Vegas and it was pretty awesome.
The Great: the lights, dancers, special effects, and overall venue at the Mandalay.
The Okay: Prefer an even higher tempo and energy from the music for more of the time.
One amazing human element that I saw at The Light was someone in a wheelchair on the dance floor surrounded by his friends, all having a good time.
Overall, I am finding Vegas better than what they advertise...guys, for almost $10B in gambling revenue, you can certainly find a better marketing and branding firm.
As DC is to politics, Vegas is to entertainment, but DC gets all the news coverage (more often bad than good), and Vegas needs something more than Sin City. ;-)
(Source Video: Andy Blumenthal)
October 5, 2013
The Tron Cycle
Decked out to look like the cycle in Tron.
Green neon lights under the wheels and engine made this a true sight to see.
When it zoomed down the street, it was really like a science fiction vehicle.
Awesome sight tonight. ;-)
(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
September 19, 2013
Feeling Groovy
I listened to how it helps them with aches and pains as well as to just relax.
One guy mentioned that he tried a couples massage with his wife and it was really awesome as an event together.
Not that I thought in a million years that I would ever get a massage myself, but going away with my honey, this seemed like just the right thing to do.
We ended up at the spa in the Westin and had the most relaxing massage that I could ever imagine.
Some lemonade, calm music, dim lights, and a view of the ocean made it just perfect for us.
I realized where some new pain points for me were, how important a little work-life balance can be, and could only say, "What other times are you available this week?"
Uh oh, I think I'm hooked.
OMG--thank you, but maybe I should've never tried it (it's an expensive habit)! ;-)
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